Pricing a service business
Price trade and home-service jobs from your own costs: cleaning, lawns, junk removal, HVAC, pet sitting and more.
- Bounce House Rental Business Profit, Worked Through
Bounce house rental business profit worked through: price per rental, unit payback, delivery fee, weekend capacity, break-even rentals and the season.
- Drywall Estimate Calculator: Sheets, Mud, Labor and the Bid
A drywall estimate worked line by line: surface minus openings, sheets with waste, mud and tape, labor by finish level, the bid. One room: $110.22 a sheet.
- Flooring Cost Calculator: Cost per Square Foot, Labor and Bid
A flooring cost calculator for installers, worked line by line from room areas and whole boxes to labor per sq ft and a bid at $11.36 a sq ft.
- How Much to Charge for Alterations: A Sewing Price List From Minutes
How much to charge for sewing alterations, worked from your year and your clock. One example tailor needs $40.71 a paid hour and $25 for a hem.
- How Much to Charge for Bartending: Private Party, Wedding, Services
How much to charge for bartending, worked from your own year. One example 150-guest wedding quotes $2,048.27 labor-only, a 40-guest party $977.99.
- How Much to Charge for Carpet Cleaning, per Room and per Square Foot
How much to charge for carpet cleaning per square foot, per room and per hour, from your own costs. One example: $0.27 a sq ft, $50.30 a room.
- How Much to Charge for Makeup: Application, Trial and Lessons
How much to charge for makeup, worked from your own year. One example prices an application from $52.76, a trial from $109.63, a lesson from $167.25.
- How Much to Charge for Pest Control: Initial Service, Plans and Size
How much to charge for pest control from your own costs: initial vs recurring plan, price by square footage, route density. Example: $153.42, then $64.10.
- How Much to Charge for Wedding Flowers: Bouquets to Full Proposal
How much to charge for wedding flowers as a florist, from stem cost and design time. One example: a $211.53 bridal bouquet, a $4,477.74 wedding.
- Photo Booth Rental Business: Startup Cost, Pricing and Payback
A photo booth rental business plan worked through: startup cost ($6,000 in one example), package prices, and the 9 bookings a month it needs.
- Tile Installation Cost per Square Foot: Labor Only and All In
Tile installation cost per square foot worked for the setter, from boxes and thinset to labor only at $37.39 and all in at $45.84 a sq ft.
- Concrete Driveway Cost Calculator: Yards, Cost and Price per Sq Ft
A concrete driveway cost estimator worked line by line, from cubic yards and truck fees to a bid at your margin. One example bids $12.78 a sq ft.
- Fence Estimate Calculator: How to Bid a Fence Job, Worked Out
How to bid a fence job from your own costs, and what fence cost per linear foot that bid implies. Worked example: a $8,520 bid, $37.67 a foot.
- Handyman Rates: How Much to Charge for Handyman Work, Worked Out
Set handyman rates from your own year: hourly floor, trip charge, minimum and quotes. Worked example: $50.00 a billed hour, $110 minimum.
- How Much to Charge as a Personal Chef: Prices Per Hour and Month
Personal chef prices worked from the year you want to keep. One example chef needs $90 a cooking hour, $470 a meal-prep visit and $135 a dinner guest.
- How Much to Charge for Car Detailing, Worked From Your Costs
How much to charge for car detailing and mobile detailing, from your income, products and drive. One example sedan prices at $175.
- How Much to Charge for Christmas Light Installation, Per Foot
Christmas light installation prices worked from your crew, gear and lights. One example house prices at $689.45, $3.21 a foot, with a $213.79 takedown.
- Dog Grooming Prices: How Much to Charge for Dog Grooming
Set dog grooming prices from your own year: an hourly floor, then size, coat, add-ons and mobile. Worked example: $43.86 an hour, $78.56 a large dog.
- How Much to Charge for Gutter Cleaning, per Foot and per House
How much to charge for gutter cleaning per linear foot, worked from your own year. One example business needs $0.40 a foot one-story, $0.60 on two.
- How Much to Charge for Lash Extensions: Full Sets and Fills
How much to charge for lash extensions, worked from your year, product and minutes. One example artist needs $129.91 for a hybrid set, $65.19 a fill.
- How Much to Charge for Massage: Massage Therapist Pricing, Worked Out
Massage therapist pricing from your own year and your weekly hands-on hours. Worked example: $78.09 an hour, $80.59 for 60 minutes, $166.78 an outcall.
- How Much to Charge for Nails: Build Your Nail Tech Price List
How much to charge for nails, worked from your income, costs and minutes. One example tech needs $43.13 a paid hour and $71.54 for a full set.
- How Much to Charge for Tree Removal: Price It From Crew Time
How much to charge for tree removal, worked from crew time, equipment and a target margin. One example crew hour costs $119.25 and prices at $183.46.
- How Much to Charge to Paint a Room, and How to Bid a Painting Job
A painting estimate worked from wall area, your own speed and a target margin. One example bedroom prices at $940; a house bids at $6,810.
- Moving Company Prices per Hour: How to Price a Local Move
Moving company prices per hour worked from your truck, crew wages and overhead, plus travel, stairs, packing and flat rates. Example crew bills $165.00.
- Roofing Estimate Calculator: Squares, Pitch, Waste and the Bid
A roofing estimate worked line by line: roof squares from footprint and pitch, materials, tear-off, labor and margin. One example roof bids at $656.23 a square.
- Snow Plowing Prices: How Much to Charge for Snow Removal
Snow plowing prices worked from your truck, plow, fuel and insurance, per push and as a seasonal contract. One example truck needs $110.31 an hour.
- How Much to Charge for Home Daycare: Weekly and Monthly, Worked
Work out how much to charge for home daycare from your income, costs and licensed capacity. Worked example: $223.11 a week, $966.81 a month.
- Lawn Mowing Pricing Calculator: Price Each Cut From Your Own Costs
How much to charge for lawn mowing, worked from your income, costs, mowing speed and drive time. One example lawn prices at $33 a cut.
- Pet Sitting Rates Per Visit, Hour, Day and Night, Worked Out
Set pet sitting rates per hour, visit, day and night from your own hours, drive time and costs. Worked example: $43.75 an hour, $40.16 a visit.
- Booth Rent vs Commission: The Break-Even for Salons and Barbers
Booth rent beats commission once weekly takings pass (rent + costs) / (1 - fees - your split). Worked example: $892.86 a week, or 41% of the chair booked.
- How Much to Charge for Window Cleaning, Per Pane and Inside and Out
Window cleaning prices per pane, worked from your own costs. In one example the pane price you need runs from $1.25 to $2.81 - set by the drive.
- HVAC Flat Rate Pricing - How to Build a Flat Rate Price Book
HVAC flat rate pricing from your own costs: labor, a callback reserve, marked-up parts, then margin. Worked example: 1.75 hours prices at $736.08.
- Junk Removal Pricing: How Much to Charge Per Load, Worked Out
Junk removal pricing from your own costs. One $500 full load nets $357.12 on furniture and loses $571.00 on concrete. The formula, worked.
- Real Estate Commission Split With a Broker, and How a Cap Changes It
On an 80/20 split, a $9,625 commission keeps $7,700. After a $16,000 cap, the same deal keeps $9,625. The split and cap formula, worked deal by deal.
- Trucking Cost Per Mile for Owner Operators, and the Empty Miles
Trucking cost per mile, worked out: $1.23 a mile all-in in one example, but $1.64 per LOADED mile at 25% deadhead. The formula and a load test.
- How Much to Charge for Pressure Washing, Per Square Foot, Worked Out
Pressure washing price per square foot from your own costs. In one worked example a driveway needs $0.106/sq ft and a roof $0.228.
- How to Price House Cleaning Jobs From Your Own Costs, Worked Through
Price each cleaning job from your hours, drive time, supplies and margin. Worked example - a 2.5-hour regular clean comes to $170, not $119.91.